Richmond Notes On Local People And Events
Richmond and area residents are mentioned in a mix of social visits, hunting trips, and civic notices. The report cites Mr. and Mrs. George L. Burdick returning to Seattle after a seaside visit, various relatives visiting Malden and Northampton, and many locals attending gatherings at Beulah Rebekah lodge. Also noted are funeral services for Mrs. Carolyn Averill Marriner and Mrs. Elizabeth Alexander, hunting trips in Merrymeeting Bay and with acquaintances from Portland, Boston, and Augusta, plus community visits to Gardiner, Brunswick, Lewiston, and Augusta.
Rotary Club Hears Leader Plans and Talks on Faith
Bath Rotary Club weekly luncheon discussed upcoming district governor visit by Portsmouth’s Kirk Mathews in the 38th Rotary District. Future events include Dr Charles Barker speaking Nov 24 on How to Make the Most Out of Life. A carnival ball and queen contest was assigned to the Junior Chamber of Commerce with Rotary supervising finances. Rev George H Thorburn urged religious reconstruction after world upheavals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Rotary Club
Hotel Sedgwick
Winchenbach
Kirk Mathews
Portsmouth
Charles E. Barker
Grand Rapids
Iowa
Morse High Assembly Hall
Rotary International
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Rotary Club
George H. Thorburn, Jr
Universalist Church
Fred D. Hill
Russia
Czafard
Italy
Mussolini
Adolph Hitler
Court Doings Highlight Fines Court Activity
Bath municipal court reports a busy period October to November with fines and costs totaling 216.15 and more to come. Recorder Owen J. Ledyard warned delinquents that unpaid amounts will trigger immediate jail. He handled up to eight cases in a day while awaiting Judge Keegan's successor. St Mary's Grace church guild plans a November 10 supper under committee chairs including Mrs Calderwood and Mrs Hill. Needlework guild completed a display of children’s dresses and baby items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Owen J. Ledyard
Ledyard
Recorder Ledyard
John J. Keegan
E. Everett Pierce
Ernest Haskell
St. Mary’s Guild of
Grace Church
Oak Street
Herbert C. Calderwood
Fred D. Hill
Paul Mason
Walter M. Hill
Carl C. Troop
Georgetown Social News Roundup Highlights Local Visits
Georgetown residents and visitors are seen in a busy week from Bath to Bathport with many trips for business and friendship. Notable mentions include Mrs. Walter Powers driving to Bath, Mr. and Mrs. Spinney of Bay Point visiting Portland, and Miss Dorothy Hagan returning home after weekend in Yarmouth. Social events feature a Georgetown choir Halloween party, card evenings hosted by the Higgins and gatherings at Bay Point cottages with guests from Dedham and Lewiston. Local prep work on the state road in Arrowsic and home updates by Howard M. Trafton are noted amid routine visits to family cottages and town homes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Powers
Bath
Lester D. Pettengill
Frye
Herman Spinney
Bay Point
Portland
John R. Blackie
Working League
West Georgetown
Howard M. Trafton
Wiscasset
John Grindell
Sb. Earl Hagan
Thomas Hagan
Nettie Gray
Yarmouth
Dorothy Hagan
John Wilson
Hallowell
Town
Joseph F. Higgins
Georgetown
Maude Thayer
Westbrook Seminary
Miss Thayer
William A. Todd
Roy M. Newman
Seward E. Emmons
James McFarland
Woolwich
Mass
Kessling
Harry Stone
Lewiston
Rapheal Higgins
William Todd
Harold J. Brown
Roy Newman
C. L. Hinckley
Arrowsic
Roscoe P. Todd
Melrose Highlands
Crosby
Hobart
Boston
Gray Road Park
Portland Road
Stacey
Popham Beach
William Foden
Sylvia Ann
Frank Illsley
Cape Elizabeth
Edgar Warren
Ruth Powers
Center School
Lewis
Nina Cummings
Edward
Fred Carr
Five Islands
Byron Campbell
Seguinland
Sagadahoc Bay
Harry Crosman
Hugh Eisenhauer
Cambridge
Harmon's Harbor
Lula Stewart
E. C. Higgins
Rockcrest
Massachusetts
Thomas N. Scott
George Yeaton
Weston
Rockland
Russell Pinkham
Kittery
Mildred Pinkham
Westbrook
Ellsworth Pinkham
Ada McGilvary
Percy McGilvary
William Adams
Branwell Harford
Ida Magno
Bina Marr
Fabioline Winn
Quincy
Arletta Harford
Russell Harford
Vern Chaney
Ronald Smith
Mina Wilson
Franz Stevens
H. Minchen
Chester MacMahan
Clarence MacMahan
Delbert
Roberta
Harold Rowe
Harold Jr
Portsmouth
Eugene Rowe
Harold
George Tarr
Arrowsie
Conant Gage
Augusta
Sedgemere Road
Lottie Preble
Orrington
Ida Getchell
Gorham
Fred Rittall
Leila Campbell
Charles Davis
Joseph G. Stevens
Danville
N. H
Marion Stevens
Edward Clarey
Robinhood
Peggy Gay
Gertrude Carr
Morse High School
Grange Hall
Tom Huston
Nat Howe
Note of appreciation received by employes at Congress Shirt Co
President Julius Grossman forwards a silver dollar bonus to 100 workers employed since September 1. The $1,000 bonus, paid Monday, honors Bath city government for its help keeping the plant local. The note thanks workers and asks continued effort to improve November production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress Shirt Co
Pres. Julius Grossman
Boston
Pres. Grossman
Bath
Congress Shirt Company
Day's Ferry Resident Returns Home After Foot Surgery
Harvey Henderson of Day's Ferry, after weeks confined at home post foot operation in Portland, returned this week with crutches to visit his physician on Front street. He is cared for by his daughter Miss Ruth Henderson, R. N.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harvey Henderson
Day's Ferry
Portland
Front Street
Ruth Henderson, R. N
Enforcing Parking Law Causes Merchant Protests in Bath
Bath police strictly enforce the no parking ordinance on the south side of Center Street between Water and Washington. Merchants protest as trucks are blocked from deliveries and passengers cannot unload. Alderman Bragg defends enforcement, noting the curb is restricted and long parking hurts safety and street width.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Center Street
Water
Washington Streets
Ralph W. Bragg
Municipal Committee On Police
Owen J. Ledyard
Bragg
Escape In Jeep Collision In West Bath Leads To Reckless Driving Charge
George Davis and Walter Pierce of Bath and three Auburn men escaped serious injuries when two cars collided on Bull Rock Bridge road West Bath shortly before midnight Friday. Deputy Sheriff Loring Small ordered Olen Butler Auburn to appear in Bath municipal court on a reckless driving charge. Davis operated the other car and Pierce rode as a passenger. the windshield of the Auburn vehicle was torn away but no one was scratched. The two cars, wrecked on the left front, collided nearly head-on opposite Ralph Kenney's home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Davis
Walter Pierce
Bath
Auburn
Bull Rock Bridge
West Bath
Loring DB. Small
Olen Butler
Bath Municipal Court
Davis
Chestnut Street
Kennebec Wharf & Coal Co
Bath Represented at Poland Spring Awards Honor HMA
Bath figures highlighted the Maine Horse Association banquet at Poland Spring as 227 guests dined. Hon. and Mrs. Arthur J. Dunton led Bath attendees along with James A. Gillies Jr and Charles W Clifford Sr and Jr. Dunton won the state championship under 15.2 hands, Smoky Ben won the fine harness class, A T Berry from Bath won the draft horse class, and Miss Jane Hyde received the senior horsemanship award.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Maine Horse Association
Poland
Arthur J. Dunton
James A. Gillies, Jr
Charles W. Clifford
Arthur Sewall
Marion H Whitten
Doris Scott
Louise Stewart
Jeannette F. Shackford
Dorothy A. Conley
Redington Reed
Kentucky Sue
A. J. Dunton
Smoky Ben
A. T. Berry
Jane Hyde
Edge, Jr. injured in Virginia auto crash. companion dead
Walter E. Edge Jr. son of Hon. Walter E. Edge of Ventnor New Jersey and Small Point was badly hurt in an automobile accident near Alexandria Virginia Sunday. His companion was killed and Mr. Edge is expected to recover. Motorists heading to Bowdoin Bates game in Lewiston noted a new Topsham Pejepscot road stretch improving the route north of the old river highway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter E. Edge, Jr
Walter E. Edge
Ventnor
N. J
Small Point
Alexandria
Edge
Mr. Edge
Bowdoin-Bates
Lewiston
Topsham
Pejepscot
Bates College
Five Islands Residents Share Holiday Passest
Five Islands residents and visitors are listed as enjoying school holidays and weekends across Harmon's Harbor Lewiston Rockland and Portland. Among names are Miss Lula Stewart F. B. Littledale and the Pinkhams widow and Harford families. A Bath Grange supper hosted by the F I F F concluded the holiday social.
Bailey Evening School Opens Monday Night
Bailey Evening School opened Monday evening in Morse high school with 303 attendees, praised as excellent despite the rain. Enrollment in manual training and mechanical drawing was so high that classes will run three nights a week, Monday Tuesday and Wednesday, with no new enrollments in those two classes. An elementary class remains open, deemed a key part of the curriculum by Supt. Clinton D. Wilson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bailey Evening School
Morse High School
Clinton D. Wilson
Bath Iron Works profits shown for six months to June 30 1936
The Boston News Bureau reports Bath Iron Works Corp Bath Maine earned 147119 for the half year ending June 30 1936 after charges and taxes. Full year 1935 net 301185 1934 199869 and 1933 18932. Share ownership totals listed with 344937 shares outstanding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston News
Bath Iron Works Corp
Bath
Ross W. Judson
William S. Newell
Paul O. Buckley
Archibald M. Main
L. Eugene Thebeau
Arthur R. Douglass Jr First Birthday Party Hour
Arthur R Douglass Jr celebrated his first birthday with family and friends at 728 Washington Street Tuesday afternoon. Guests included Robert Dorsey Philip Savage Arthur Lebel Jr Beverly Babb Annette Lavigne and Peggie Patsy Burns. Ice cream cake candy and orange juice were served and Arthur Jr received many gifts. Mr and Mrs Malcolm Jewett of Portland and Mrs Allen Pettengill of South Portland visited Perry D Beals at Bath Memorial Hospital earlier in July.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur R. Douglass, Jr
Arthur R. Douglass
Washington Street
Robert Dorsey
Philip Savage
Arthur Lebel, Jr
Beverly Babb
Annette Lavigne
Peggie
Patsy Burns
Arthur Jr
Malcolm —Jewett
Portland
Mr. Jewett
Allen Pettengill
South, Portland
Edwina Hall dies in Washington at 68
Mrs Edwina Mayers Hall 68 widow of Benjamin T Hall died Sunday morning in Washington DC after a brief illness. Born in Warren she lived much of her life in Bath and returned there after marriages and widowhood. Survived by daughter Mrs David Robb son Warren T Mayers and step brother Charles T Jackson committal services held Tuesday at Oak Grove grave.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwina Mayers Hall
Benjamin T. Hall
Washington, D. C
Hall
Warren
Edwin Hale Jones
Annie Jones Jackson
Bath
Fred T. Mayers
Webb & Co
Charlestown
Mass
David Robb
Cosmopolitan Club
Washington Street
Red Cross
Universalist Church
Warren T. Mayers
South Norwalk
Conn
Charles T. Jackson
Oak Grove
Funeral Services Held for Mrs Harriet Watson of Topsham
Mrs Harriet Watson of Topsham formerly Bath died October 27 at Maine General Hospital Portland. Funeral held Friday at Laws Funeral Home Brunswick with Rev Harry Chamberlin officiating. Bearers were her brother George Stott Oakland and her three sons George Osmond Walter Watson. Interment at Hardings. Born in Dexter to James and Lucretia Stott. Lived in Bath then Topsham with daughter Jude Hyde and Percy Hyde on Foreside road. Survived by sister Mae Crockett White Plains NY brother William Stott Virginia daughter Mildred Burton Gardiner and 12 grandchildren four great grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George L. Burdick
Seattle
Wash
Cape
Sarah Coughlin
George Coughlin
Mary Coughlin
Malden
Northampton
Mass
Ruie Curtis
Mable Clifford
Gardiner
Ernest Herbert
Portland
Lillian Johnson
Beulah Rebekah Lodge
Main Street
Maude Pushard
Dresden
Annie Hawkes
Mildred B. Skinner
Lillian A. Johnson
Amy Bradley
U. V
C. W
Richmond
Marie Patterson
The
Daughters of Union Veterans of the
Department of Maine
City Hall
Augusta
Leslie W. Grundy
Methodist Church
Maine General Hospital
Methodist
Falmouth
Mr. Grundy
John H
Isabelle Grundy
Medford
Olive Grundy
Walton
Ruth
Leon Batchelder
Paul
Lawrence Bond
Kermit Darrah
Lynn
Bert Darrah
Edmund Bailey
Harry James
Yarmouth
Charles James
Brunswick Road
Howard Knight
William
Orono
County Road
Albert Wing
Dorothy Rowe
Samuel Dorrance
Norman Parkhurst
Baltic
R. D. Jenny
Bennington
William J. Pye
Webster, Mass
L. L. Beane
Mymie Mersky
Levi Patterson
Freeport
E. L. Stevens
W. A. Stevens
South Hamilton
M. R. Lucas
John Pillsbury
Alma
Farmington
Albert Darrah
Chestnut Street
Elsie Page
Boston
Frank Rice
Elmer Knight
Rice
Moxie Station
James Carr
Merrymeeting Bay
Col
Frank E. Lowe
Starling Burgess
Mary Metcalf
Wiscasset
Greenville
Carolyn Averill Marriner
John Marriner
Harold Averill
R. H. Chamberlain
Topsham
Maxwell Marriner
Arnold Sencabaugh
Robert Cutler
Irving Waltz
Cotton Cemetery
George Trefry
Brunswick
A. E. McMaster
E. O. Tarr
Lewiston
Harold Baker
Cooper’s Mills
William Labelle
Auburn
Raymond Northey
Harriet Watson
Bath
Laws Funeral
Harry Chamberlin
United Baptist Church of
George Stott
Oakland
George Watson
Osmond Watson
Walter Watson
Hardings
Jude Hyde
Percy Hyde
Foreside Road
Mae Crockett
White Plains
N. Y
William Stott
Virginia
Mildred Burton
Death of Mrs Elizabeth Alexander Richmond Widow of Amasa
Mrs Elizabeth Alexander of Richmond died Thursday morning after a heart attack. She was the widow of Amasa Alexander and was born in Richmond where she lived all her life. Survived by son Charles Alexander and brother Capt Charles A Blair of Bath. Funeral held in Richmond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth Alexander
Amsbury S. Alexander
Gardner Street
Richmond
John and
Isabel (Staples) Blair
Mt. Carmel
No. 51
Enterprise Grange
The
Grange Aid
Charles Alexander
Capt
Charles A. Blair
High Street
Alexander
Amasa Alexander
Blair
Bath
George H. Coombs Dies at 66 After Long illness
George H. Coombs 66 longtime Bath iron worker and A and K Street Ry employee died late Tuesday at his home 15 Cherry Street after a tong illness. Born in Mattawamkeag son of Hannibal and Lucy Forbes Coombs he lived in Bath 50 years. Survived by wife one son Earl Coombs Bath five daughters Mrs Joseph Jenkins Bath Mrs Claude B Dyer and Mrs Corilla O Connor of Somerville Mass Mrs Madison Moore Portland and Miss Elinor F Coombs Bath two brothers Warren Mattawamkeag and Harry South Portland two sisters Mrs Rudolph Lewsen Portland and Mrs Irving Stewart Lewiston funeral Friday at two at Mrs Coombs home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George H. Coombs
Old Bath Iron Works
Cherry Street
Mr. Coombs
Mattawamkeag
Hannibal
Lucy Forbes Coombs
Bath Iron Works
Thomas W. Hyde
Earl Coombs
Bath
Joseph Jenkins
Claude B. Dyer
Corilla O’connor
Somerville
Mass
Madison Moore
Portland
Elinor F. Coombs
Warren
Harry Coombs
South Portland
Rudolph Lewsen
Abbie J Snowman 73 Dies After Long Illness in Bath
Abbie J Snowman aged 73 died Wednesday morning at Memorial hospital after two months as a patient following a fall that fractured a hip near 452 Washington Street. A Bath native daughter of George Norton she was three times married. Her nearest relative is her daughter Charlotte A Downes of Milton New Hampshire. Funeral services at Fred E Curtis funeral home 105 Center Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abbie J. Snowman
Memorial Hospital
Washington Street
Mrs. Snowman
George Norton
Bath
Charlotte A
Chester K. Downes
Milton
N. H
Fred
Death of Mrs. Lottie D. Gilman in Portland
Mrs. Lottie D. Gilman former neighbor of residents here died at St. Barnabas hospital Portland early Tuesday morning. Funeral services will be held at Peabody Hayes Funeral Home Portland at 10 a.m. Thursday with burial in Houlton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry E. Litchfield
Bath Street
Lottie D. Gilman
St. Barnabas Hospital
Portland
A. Mae Gilman
Patten Free Library
Peabody & Hayes Funeral Home
Houlton
Myrtle Lodge Invited to Portland Reception and Brunswick Installation
Myrtle lodge No. 8 LL D of L O L receives invite from Fern lodge No. 2 Portland to attend a reception for Mrs Evelyn Jordan supreme lady and Mrs Alice Peterson supreme conductor at Pythian Temple Thursday November 12 at eight. Also invited to attend Merrymeeting lodge No. 7 Brunswick installation Friday at eight in Odd Fellows hall Pleasant street with installing officers Mrs Velma Neilson and Mrs Bertha Cullinan. Fort Halifax lodge No. 9 Waterville also invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Myrtle Lodge
L O. L
Fern Lodge
Portland
Pythian Temple
Evelyn Jordan
Alice Peterson
Supreme Board of
Odd Ladies
Lizzie Chaney
Guardian
Mary Curtis
Gertrude Stewart
Annie Lemont
Government of
Maine
Merry Meeting Lodge
No. 7
Brunswick
Odd Fellows Hall
Pleasant Street
Velma Neilson
Bertha Cullinan
Merrymeeting Lodge
Fort Halifax Lodge
Waterville
Also Mentioned on This Page
Edmond Gamache
South Gardiner
Merton. Philips
E. E. Durand
New York
Charles W. Messenger
E. D. Marsh
Rutland
Annabel Hovey
Roy Cheney
Witliam Berube
Joseph Berube
Gertrude
Minnie Ware
Lyndall Good
D. M. Humphreys & Co
Sagadahock Block
Bath, Ma
Room
Rotary
Mr. Thorburn
Detroit
Continental Motors
Will
Bath Savings Institution
Edwina M. Hall
Washington
Fred S. Curtis & CO
Thomas R. Huston
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